Boston Post February 22 1908 issue overview
The Boston Post announces daily and Sunday editions with pricing for subscriptions, request to prepay and discontinue notices, and contact details for editorial and business offices. It lists rates for daily, six months, and Sunday service and directs readers to avoid sending cash with mail payments.
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Sunday Post
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Post Publishing Company
Civil Service in Boston Reforming Pay Rolls
The proposal to subject Boston city pay rolls to Civil Service Commission scrutiny is sound. Civil service rules govern department personnel, enabling commissioners to promptly reveal errors and suggest corrections, avoiding delays and private citizen stagnation.
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Boston
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Harriet Hosmer Dies at 78 In Waterbury Birthplace
The New England sculptor Harriet Hosmer died at Waterbury where she was born. She lived to 78 and left a legacy of delicate yet forceful artistry. Her works Daphne Medusa Zenobia shaped art for generations and earned international acclaim.
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Harriet Hosmer
New England
Miss Hosmer
Watertown
Daphne
Medusa
Boston
Zenobia
New England Pantheon
Massachusetts Referendum on Woman Suffrage Proposal
An editorial urges harmonizing committee findings with public will by attaching a referendum to adverse suffrage bills. It proposes letting eligible women who can vote for school committee ballots decide if the public supports granting women the vote in Massachusetts.
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Senate
House
Massachusetts
Notable Boston Conference On Merchants' Association
A late evening meeting in Boston gathered tradesmen financiers and industrial leaders for a proposed Merchants' Association. Attendees included the Secretary of Commerce and Labor and other economists. The conference featured elevated discussion and a civic tone.
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New Merchants’ Association
Trade, Finance and Industry
Boston
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Merchants Association Aims for Democracy and Efficiency
The passage outlines a new Merchants' Association built on democracy and efficiency as its keynote. It emphasizes strict business principles guiding municipal governance and the broad, ongoing usefulness of the organization in improving trade conditions.
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New Merchants’ Association
Washington the Father of His Country in American memory
A reflection on George Washington as the nation’s Father of the Country. The piece praises his legacy as first in war and peace, his leadership in a people’s government, and the enduring relevance of his principles despite changing times. It lauds Washington as a civil engineer, surveyor, planter, and symbol of right and humanity.
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Republic
United States
America
Washington
Virginia Militia
American Republic
The Tribute of Labor and the Coal Industry
A historical examination notes high fatality rates in U S coal mining with projected increases in 1907 fatalities over 1906. It cites 694 deaths in four disasters last December and forecasts a total over 3000 deaths, asking whether labor deserves protection against corporate oppression.
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United States
Geologic Survey of the
Postal Savings Banks Debates Shape Around Knox Idea
Debate grows over Senator Knox and Postmaster General Meyer's postal savings bank concept. Knox bill would create depositary money order offices for ages over ten with two percent interest and withdrawals allowed, funds to be held in national banks. Massachusetts may rely on recess commission plans if savings banks expand outside agents.
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Meyer
Knox
Massachusetts
Bedtime fears echo in a child’s lonely night
A fragmented poem recalls a child’s dread at bedtime. The speaker pleads for reassurance as darkness and empty rooms deepen the fear, with a mother figure invoked for comfort and safety. The piece conveys anxiety, withdrawal, and a longing for presence.
Satirical tribute lights up George Washington with tall tales
In Newton Newkirk’s All Sorts column a spoof lists improbable deeds attributed to George Washington, lampooning mythic feats and graft with tongue in cheek. The piece presses memories of Washington while joking about quotations and historic moments, ending with a closing quip from the editor.
Age of the World Skeptical on British Public
A French artist who visited England criticizes the air of enlightenment among Britons. In the British Museum he overhears two men arguing over Egyptian coins. One claims they are three or four hundred years old. the other guesses three thousand, joking that the era is 2987 now.
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Delaware
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Moscow
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Mt. Vernon
Ashington
Martha
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Cavite
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General Washington
Bull Run
Plains of Abraham
England
British
Bill
Eben Hutchinson
Chelsea Court
France
Germany
Lennox
Patrick Lennox
Lynn
Fate of three society girls ends with tragedy
The Observant Citizen notes hardship in the lives of Nathalie Schenck Cynthia Roche and Natica Rives once tight friends now beset by misfortune. Nathalie’s marriage failed Cynthia Roche faced public scandal and Natica has ended her life. Other items recount Taft praise in Nashua jokes about digestion and curious incidents including a Roman chariot clash with a motor car.
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Nathalie Schenck
Cynthia Roche
Nattta Rives
Glen Collins
Natica Rives
State law on holiday pay for workers questioned
A reader asks if a state law requires corporations to pay time and a half for legal holidays. The editor replies there is no state law. agreements between employee and employer can set holiday pay per union wage scales.
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